Nancy Sullivan Ltd. - curriculum vitae · 2014. 10. 3. · New Guinea, and the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India 22000011 Lecturer, Communications and Journalism, Divine Word University

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NNAANNCCYY SSUULLLLIIVVAANNNancy Sullivan Ltd.P.O. Box 404Madang 511, Papua New GuineaPh/Fax: 675 852 [email protected]

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1993 - PhD abd Anthropology, New York University1980 - B.A. Politics, Princeton University.1979 - St. John’s and Churchill Colleges, Cambridge University,England.

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English, Tok Pisin, Spanish; French comprehension

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22000077John Simon Guggenheim FellowshipNational Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration Grant

22000055Computer Aid International donation to Nancy Suillivan Ltd.John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund grant to Nancy Sullivan Ltd.

11999944--9955American Association of University Women Dissertation Grant

11999933--9944CIE Fulbright-Hays Training Grant for research in Papua New Guinea

11999900--9922National Science Foundation Graduate Study Fellowship

11999900Checkerboard Foundation Electronic Arts Grant for video editing

11998899--9900Teaching Assistantship, New York University

11998888Art Matters Grant/1985, 1986 Artists Space Exhibition Grants

11997777Ward Prize for creative writing, Princeton University

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11999988--PPrreesseennttDirector, Nancy Sullivan and Associates, Ltd. Anthropologicalconsulting, qualitative research, survey design, report writing, trainingand workshop design for a range of private and public entities. Thefield teams consist of DWU graduates from the Department of PNGStudies (former students of ethnographic research methods).

22000088Researcher/Ethnographer, LaTrobe University Linkage Project: Impact


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on Human Rights of Asylum Seekers and Host Communities ofAustralia’s Border Control Cooperation with Indonesia and Papua NewGuinea

22000077--88Project Manager, Karawari cave arts research and exploration into thecaves of the upper Karawari and Arafundi Rivers of the East SepikProject, with 8 PNG ethnographers (funded by John SimonGuggenheim Foundation and the National Geographic Society).

22000077Lead Consultant, DevFish Study on Gender Issues in the Tuna Fisheries(for PNG, Fiji and Kiribati) for Secretariat of the Pacific Community,Fishtech Management Consultants.

Facilitator, CUSO AIDS Committees Capacity Building Project PartnerPreparation Workshop, 27-30 August.

Facilitator, Divine Word University symposium on SustainableDevelopment, August 14-17.

Consultant Anthropologist, BBC Current Affairs for a This Worlddocumentary on Stephen Tari in Madang Province.

Principal Investigator, Pathfinders International, Community HealthResearch for Madang Province. Data collection and reporting on 13villages in the Province.

Consultant Anthropologist, Fixer, BBC Productions (Last Man Standing,Space Pirates) for two programmes: one in Yimas Village, East SepikRiver, the other in Bilbil Village, Madang Province.

Consultant Anthropologist, Fixer, Discovery Channel (HalfyardProductions) for male skincutting initiation documentary in KaningaraVillage, East Sepik Province.

22000055--22000066Trainer in qualitative research methods for HELP Resources, Wewak,village HIV/AIDs counselors.

Ethnographer for HELP Resources, social impact study of the vanillaboom in Wewak, ESP.

Ethnographer for HELP Resources, social impact study of Sputh SeasTuna Cannery, Wewak.

Ethnographer for Mineral Policy Institute, Australia, socioeconomicimpact study of the Lower Fly River region and review of the CMCAsfor Ok Tedi mine.

Ethnographer for ANU’s State Society and Melanesia Project,researching the impact of the provincial reforms in 3 PNG provinces.

Lecturer, Coral Princess Cruises throughout Island Melanesia.

22000044Ethnographer for the socioeconomic impact assessment of theEuropean Union’s Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project,Madang, conducting PRAs with four DWU students through 21 Madangcommunities in their baseline intervention sites

Guest lecturer, Department of PNG Studies, Divine Word UniversityConsultant anthropologist to New Ireland Provincial Government, andauthor,Malangan stories, a culture studies book for secondary schools


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in NIP

Consultant anthropologist to Voluntary Services Overseas (Madang)

Consultant anthropologist for Social Impact Survey of the Biliau-RamuRoad Project in the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions ofMadang Province, to be constructed by Madang Provincial Government,Joint District Budget Planning and Priorities Committee

22000033Consultant anthropologist for The Nature Conservancy's AdelbertMountains Project within the Bogia District of Madang Province.Produced An ethnographic survey of the Kenege, Araka, Yagovat andIvorab people within The Nature Conservancy’s project zone of theAlmami Local Level Government, Bogia District, Madang Province

Consultant anthropologist for Social Impact Study of RD Tuna for theKananam Landowners Association, Madang, authored Tinpis Maror

Consultant anthropologist for Tenkile Conservation Alliance in WestSepik Province. Produced The Wape, after the Devil Fish: Culture andconservation of Scitt’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus Scottae), Anethnographic survey of the 13 villages that constitute the TenkileConservation Alliance Project Area

Consultant anthropologist, fixer, National Geographic Television, forfive segments of the Taboo series: Pig Hunting in Rai Kos; Skincut inKaninigira; Bena reeds ceremony; Fly fox hunt in Yimas; and Tufiwomen’s facial tattoo ceremony. Also performed on-air interviews forthe series

Lecturer, Society Expeditions, MV World Discoverer, Oceania Cruise,conducting lectures on Pacific Island culture

22000022Consultant to Ok Tedi/BHP Mining, creating and conducting aworkshop for tourism in the Middle Fly region

Tourguide/consultant to Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area,Papua New Guinea

Lecturer, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea Studies: SocialResearch Method, Conflict Resolution (War and Peace), ColonialExperiences

Consultant, Guest Lecturer, Papua New Guinea Maritime College:creating and presenting a series of teacher training courses inMelanesian culture and epistemology

Lecturer, Society Expeditions, MV World Discoverer, Oceania Cruise,conducting lectures on Pacific Island culture.

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys: guiding tourists through PapuaNew Guinea, and the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India

22000011Lecturer, Communications and Journalism, Divine Word University ;Curriculum Developer for Social Issues for Melanesian Journalists.

Organizer, The Melanesian Philosophy of Land Conference, Divine WordUniversity, Madang, June 2001

Consultant, Ecotourism and Human Development, OTML Ok TediMining.


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Consultant, Tanorama Ltd., Port Moresby

Consultant, Sierra Club of Alaska

Consultant, National Geographic Magazine

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys, Southern India and the KumbhMela, Allahabad, India

22000000Tour Guide, Lecturer, American Museum of Natural History DiscoveryTour to Micronesia: Pohnpei, Palau and Yap

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys

Consultant, EcoVitality, Managalas Plateau ecotourism project, OroProvince.

Ethnographer, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.), for General Motors and DeltaFaucet market research projects

11999999Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys

Tour Guide, TCS, Stamford Alumni group

Consultant, National Geographic Magazine

Consultant, National Geographic Traveler Magazine

Consultant, Travel and Leisure Magazine

Consultant, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.)

Consultant, Biodiversity Conservation Network, a consortium of WorldWildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and World Resources Institute.Organized 'Workshop on Enterprise-Based Approaches to Conservationin the Pacific' January 10-14, 1999, Port Moresby, PNG, involvingResearch and Conservation Foundation, Pacific Heritage Foundation,Foundation for People and Community Development, ConservationInternational, SPACHEE and University of the South Pacific,government, aid donors and landowners

Ecotourism Consultant, Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, DC

Ecotourism Consultant, Tour Guide Trainer, Conservation International,Lakekamu Basin Conservation Project, Papua New Guinea.

11999988Tour Guide, National Geographic Magazine photojournalist, Jodi Cobb

Tour Guide, Abercrombie & Kent Travel Tour Guide, Tour Guide Trainer,Trans Niugini Tours

Ecotourism Consultant, Tour Guide Trainer, Crater Mountain ProjectWildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea

Ethnographer/Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S)

11999977Anthropological Consultant, Travel and Leisure Magazine

Tour Guide Trainer, Trans Niugini Tours, Papua New Guinea. MarketingManager, National Performing Arts Troupe, Goroka, Papua New Guinea


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Manager, Karawari Lodge, Papua New Guinea

Ethnographer/ Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.)

11999966Ethnographer/Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S)

11999944Relief Cruise Director, MV Melanesian Discoverer, Melanesian TouristServices, Papua New Guinea.

11999900Assistant Manager, Haus Poroman Lodge, Mt. Hagen.

11998899--9900Teaching Assistant, Introductory Anthropology, New York University

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22000055Consultant to the Mineral Policy Institute, Australia, on the politicalawareness of Ok Tedi Mining impact communities along the Fly River,Western Province.

Consultant to ANU’s State Society and Governance Project ondecentralization in 3 provinces in Papua New Guinea.

Consultant to HELP Resources, Wewak, on ethnographic researchmethods and training.

22000044Consultant to the European Union’s Rural Coastal FisheriesDevelopment Project, Madang, conducting PRAs with four DWUstudents through 21 Madang communities in their baselineintervention sites, for forthcoming report.

22000033Consultant anthropologist to the Kananam Landowners, conductingfieldwork with six employees and writing the Social Impact Study ofthe proposed RD Tuna cannery.

Consultant anthropologist to The Nature Conservancy, for theAdelbert Mountain Project within the Almami LLG of Bogia District,Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, conducting fieldwork with eightstudents from DWU towards production of an extensive ethnographyof two language groups (tok Maia and tok Miani) within the region.

Consultant anthropologist to the Tenkile Conservation Alliance Projectin West Sepik Province, conducting fieldwork with my students fromDivine Word University on the anthropology of thirteen villages in theTorricelli Mountains of WSP, and authoring the report on this research.

22000022Consultant anthropologist and fieldworker to Tenkile ConservationAlliance in the Lumi District of West Sepik Province, canvassing 13villages for genealogies, census, oral histories and social structure.

Consultant in ecotourism to OTML and Western Province, creating andconducting a workshop with Provincial and Local Level Governmentrepresentatives in the Middle Fly Region.

22000011Ecotourism and Human Development Consultant for Ok Tedi Mining


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Ltd. Ongoing responsibilities include consensus building throughoutvillages along the Fly River; scouting treks, canoe tours and guesthouse locations; liaising with local level and Provincial Government,along with OTML, airlines and suppliers; developing and conductingworkshops on tourism and tour guiding in Tabubil and Kiunga.

11999999Biodiversity Conservation Network. Sole organizer for BCN’s ‘Workshopon Enterprise-Based Conservation in the Pacific,’ with participants fromResearch and Conservation Foundation, Pacific Heritage Foundation,Foundation for People and Community Development, ConservationInternational and SPACHEE, University of the South Pacific, Fiji.Shopped and budgeted the workshop and travel for participants fromall over Melanesia ; invited government, diplomatic, donor and aidorganizations to the event; produced and distributed all pre- andpost-publicity, including an hour-long documentary for local TV.

11999988Research and Conservation Foundation. Sole consultant for ecotourismin the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, extending overChimbu, Eastern Highlands and Gulf Provinces, including creation andimplementation of a training program for local guest houses and tourguides. Includes assessing and implementing tours and guest housemanagement in and around five village sites within the gazetted area,including rainforest treks as well as river canoe trips; creating andconducting a marketing strategy for the project.

Cultural Dynamics, New York. Team Director for ‘Sports ApparelAcross America,’ market strategy for Los Angeles, Chicago and NewYork area Footlocker stores; Team member for ‘Gin and Market Share,’market study for Tanquerey.

11999977Tour guide trainer for Trans Niugini Tours. Conception andimplementation of a comprehensive course for Papua New Guineantour guides in three remote lodges.

11999955Cultural Dynamics, New York. Team member, New Jersey’s Drug RehabAssessment. Review and analysis of the efficacy of a state drugrehabilitation program.

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22000088(forthcoming) Editor, Papua New Guinea's Prospects for SustainableDevelopment, Madang, PNG: Divine Word University Press.

22000077God's Brideprice: laissez faire religion, and the fear of being left behindin Papua New Guinea. Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU ReserachJournal,Vol. 6, May 2007, pp. 63-91.(29pp) - DDoowwnnllooaadd AArrttiiccllee PPDDFF** (190KB - AAccrroobbaatt Required)

22000055Cargo and condescension, Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU ResearchJournal.

Editor, Governance Challenges for PNG and Melanesia, papers from theGovernance Challenges for PNG and the Pacific Islands, Papers from


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the Conference ‘Foreign Policy, Governance and Development:Challenges for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.’ Madang:Divine Word University in association with the State, Society andGovernance in Melanesia Project.

Editor, Leadership in Papua New Guinea, by Bernard Narokobi. Madang:Divine Word University.

Contributing editor, What works? Papers from the Symposium onDevelopment strategies at Divine Word University, Madang, Papua NewGuinea, November 2004. Madang: Divine Word University.

Tinpis Maror: A Social Impact Study of the Proposed RD Tuna Canneryat Vidar Wharf, Madang, Catalyst, Goroka: The Melanesian Institute.

22000044Village Development Trust Gender and Social Issues Programme Policyand Strategy Report. Lae: The VDT.

European Union’s Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project BaselineStudy Follow-up Report. Madang: The European Union Rural CoastalFisheries Development Project.

Socioeconomic impact study of the proposed Biliau-Ramu Sugar roadin the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions of Madang Province.Madang: The Madang Provincial Government. (92 pp).

22000033Tinpis Maror: A Social Impact Study of Proposed RD Tuna Cannery atthe Vidar Wharf, Madang. Social Impact Survey of the Biliau-Ramu RoadProject in the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions of MadangProvince. Port Moresby: The Kananam Landowners Association, withGadens Lawyers. (142 pp)

An ethnographic survey of the Kenege, Araka, Yagovat and Ivorabpeople within The Nature Conservancy’s project zone of the AlmamiLocal Level Government, Bogia District, Madang Province. PortMoresby: The Nature Conservancy. (335 pp).

The Wape, after the Devil Fish: Culture and the conservation of Scott’sTree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus Scottae), An ethnographic survey of the13 villages that constitute the Tenkile Conservation Alliance Projectarea. Lae, PNG: Tenkile Conservation Alliance. (139 pp).

Television and video production in Papua New Guinea: How mediabecome the message, in Toby Miller, ed.,Television: Critical Concepts inMedia and Cultural Studies, Vol 1, Part 3, Chapter 19, London:Routledge.

How media become the message, a coda, in Spectator,Oceania in theAge of Global Media, Vol 23, No 1: 27-32.

22000022(Editor)Culture and Progress: Papers from the Melanesian Philosophyof Land Symposium, Madang: Divine Word Publications.

Introduction: The Issue of Land Tenure, in N. Sullivan (Ed.), Culture andProgress. Madang: Divine Word Publications.

22000011Yali’s movement in Madang, Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine.

Upper Sepik travel, Paradise.


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Raggiana, Paradise.

Treasure trove in Chimondo, Paradise.

Raikos in recent history, Paradise.

Remembering James Kinjimali, Paradise.

The Kumbh Mela, Paradise.

Hagen Show, Paradise.

The Middle Fly experience, Paradise.

Growing up in PNG, Diwai.

22000000Yali’s movement, Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine.

The Managalas Plateau. Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine, March.

Karawari Style. Paradise ,May.

Tami Day Trip, Paradise, July.

11999999Door-to-door anthropologist. Fuse Magazine, November.

The Murik Lakes Mixture, Paradise, July-August.

Independence Day in Margarima, Paradise, September.

Crater Mountain Ecotourism, Paradise, March.

Christmas at Siomoromoro, Paradise, November.

A Blend of Time and Place; Siassi graphics, Paradise, September.

11999988The Awim Caves, Paradise, September.

Trobriand graphics, Paradise, January.

11999977Papua New Guinea. Handbook for visitors, Trans Niugini Tours, Mt.Hagen.

Baluan Beckons, Paradise, November.

Interview with Albert Toro. In Late Editions, Vol. 4, ed. George Marcus,University of California Press.

11999966Inside trading: Postmodernism and the social drama of Sunflowers inthe 1980’s art world,The Traffic in Culture: Refiguring Art andAnthropology, eds. George Marcus and Fred Myers. University ofCalifornia Press: 256-301.

11999955Review of Lokal Musik: Lingua franca song and identity in Papua NewGuinea by Michael Webb, in American Anthropologist Vol 97, No.2:17-18.

11999933Film and video production in Papua New Guinea: how media becomethe message. Public Culture Vol.5, No.2.

P.S. You can read more about my life'swork and see more photos from PapuaNew Guinea on my weblog/photoblog

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11998899Questions about mixed media. Public CultureVol.1No.2:1-7.

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22000055Tourism and sustainable culture in Papua New Guinea, the 2005Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe,New Mexico April 9.

22000044Papua New Guineans conducting their own social impact analyses.Paper presented to the Things That Work Symnposium at Divine WordUniversity, sponsored by the State Society and GovernanceProgramme at the ANU, November 2004.

22000022Television and the lack of domestic content in Papua New Guinea.Paper presented to Communications and Journalism Department,Divine Word University.

The meaning of customary land in Melanesia. The MelanesianPhilosophy of Land Symposium, Divine Word University, Madang, PapuaNew Guinea.

11999966Changing ethnographic methods in PNG research. Faxing fax, thefading of face-to-face fieldwork panel, American AnthropologicalAssociation Meeting, San Francisco.

11999922MTV for PNG: music videos in Papua New Guinea. Culture and massmedia panel, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting,San Francisco.

11999911New media production in Papua New Guinea. Television and thetransformation of culture panel, American Anthropological AssociationAnnual Meeting, Chicago.

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11999944Director,Under the Boardwalk, music video with Jon Wong and PattiDoi, produced by Pacific Gold Studios, Papua New Guinea.

11999933Producer, director, Wokim Piksa: film and video makers in Papua NewGuinea. Hour-length video documentary.

11998899Producer, Stolen Moments, one-hour video drama (Papua New Guinea),directed by Maggie Wilson.

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Nancy Sullivan Ltd. - curriculum vitae · 2014. 10. 3. · New Guinea, and the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India 22000011 Lecturer, Communications and Journalism, Divine Word University